Smith Psychological Services
- Participating in the 2026-2027 Match
- Two full-time positions
- APPIC Program Code: 240613
Smith Psychological Services is a generalist privately owned mental health clinic owned and operated by Dr. Shaina Smith in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This practice specializes in therapy services for clients from teenagers to senior citizens with an emphasis on first responders and trauma treatment.
Smith Psychological Services is comprised of a doctoral level clinical psychologist and several master level therapists. They offer a wide range of evaluation services including:
- Specialization in police and public safety psychological evaluations, which range from pre-employment psychological evaluations for law enforcement, to return to duty and fitness for duty evaluations,
- social security determination evaluations,
- state waiver evaluations,
- surgical clearance evaluations,
- and other types of assessments and trainings.
The interns matched with Smith Psychological Services will play an integral role in supporting the daily operations of Smith Psychological while gaining valuable exposure to the field of clinical psychology. During their time with us, they will be provided with opportunities to conduct and be exposed to a variety of assessments (e.g., Social Security Disability, Wyoming Waiver, Pre-employment Psychological Evaluations, DVR evaluations, DFS evaluations, and Diagnostic Evaluations) along with providing counseling sessions to a variety of clients. Team collaboration is valued at Smith Psychological Services and interns are encouraged to engage in clinical discussions and weekly case consultations with licensed professionals. We emphasize the development of professional skills and ethical awareness. The goal at Smith Psychological Services is to foster a learning environment that prepares interns for future academic and professional success in mental health care.
Shaina Smith, Ph.D.
Dr. Smith is a licensed clinical psychologist with a PhD in clinical psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, and a Masters of Christian Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. She has worked in numerous settings, including the VA, university counseling centers, community mental health, and private practice. Currently, Dr. Smith has owned and operated Smith Psychological Services in Cheyenne, Wyoming, serving clients in Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, Montana, and Nebraska.
Dr. Smith specializes in police and public safety psychology. She conducts pre-employment evaluations, and fitness evaluations, as well as crisis management, consultation for agencies as well as therapists, annual wellness checks, peer support trainings, therapy, and agency wellness trainings. She finds purpose in bringing professionalism and efficiency to evaluations and providing a space comfortable for first responders. Dr. Smith has an expertise in trauma treatment, and is trained in Brainspotting, Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). She utilizes neuroscience to inform treatment, and incorporates psychoeducation, as well as a psychodynamic Object-Relations framework and interpersonal process theory to help her clients create change in their daily experience.
In addition to her work with first responders and veterans, Dr. Smith has extensive experience working with individuals who have physical, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities, and strives to create an office environment conducive to all needs. Dr. Smith also completes other psychodiagnostic evaluations including ADHD evaluations, Autism evaluations, diagnostic evaluations, evaluations for the department of vocational rehabilitation, ABI and DD waiver evaluations, and social security psychological evaluations, and strives to make everyone feel at home in a safe and peaceful environment.
